Learning Blog Dec.5, 2014 Friday

 Today, in class we learned about paragraph outlines and structure. We also learned about TOWER, which is an memory trick to help us learn writing paragraphs better. TOWER stands for:

T Think, which is brainstorming ideas.

O Organize, which is sorting the ideas, like an outline.

W Write, which is writing out the paragraph.

E Edit, which is checking for mistakes in structure.

R Rewrite, which is writing out the good copy.

We also learned about the paragraph outlines, what they are and how they are constructed.

The outline linear format is:

Topic Sentence-it describes ONE MAIN idea.

Supporting Sentences, with examples. The supporting sentences can be in point form.

The main thing to remember in paragraphs is to be consistent, and to indent. Indenting will make the paragraph structurally sound.

Concluding sentences should relate back to the main idea.

Learning Intention: We can learn to to write out paragraphs and apply them to later skills.

This skill will be useful in the future because we will be able to write out good outlines, thus creating better paragraphs. We can use this skill in essays and other writing assignments.

Homework: 

Paragraph Outlines and Unscrambling Due Next Week

Paragraph Booklet due in 2 weeks

Innovation Fair Proposal Due Tuesday
Dialectical Journals Due Monday

Reminders:

Report Cards on Tuesday

              

Learning Blogs Period 4 Double Block Dec 3, 2014

              On today's double block, Ms Lees explained to us her expectations for our self evaluation. We then had the rest of the block to work on the two booklets that she gave us, one with a self evaluation, and the other with some text about paragraph writing. The self assessments could help to see where we are at for our teachers, parents, and self. This skill could be relevant in the future because if we know and can analyze our skill, then we can know how to improve on our skill and other areas necessary. The paragraph writing instructions will aide us with writing assignments in high school, and others like discussions and introductions on resumes later in the future. The self assessment is due on Friday, the paragraph booklet will be in due in the next few weeks. There is also the short story analyzation quiz retake art flex on Thurday.

Wednesday Learning blog

Today (December 3, 2014 3^rd period), Ms. Lees showed us different thing on blog, she told us how to put pages, links and how to change theme of a blog. Putting pages on our blog are for specific topic like test, homework, etc. Ms. Lees also told us the difference and regular page and a homepage. Putting a link on a blog is another way to go a site. We learn it because we need to get use to the blog like the navigation.

              Learning bolgs

 Dec. 2

Today in class we worked in our lit circle groups, and talked about our dialectical journal while another group tallied our discussion. Then at the end of class if you had time we talked to our groups about the two stars and goals for next time.

         We talked about our books so that we can work on our verbal communication, listening skills, and so that we can learn to stay on topic as well as contribute our ideas about our sayings/quotes.

         This is important to know out side of humanities because we need to know how to talk and listen in all of our classes as well as we need to know how to ask questions about things in our daily lives. Knowing how to talk can help you will a lot of things in life like for example getting a job you need to know how to talk to people on the phones and even at a drive through.

         Reminder that one person from each blog group has to do a learning blog everyday of the week. (There is no class tomorrow so one person in your group may not be able to do the learning log). Your discussion reports are due on Thursday, you can go to the library at lunch on Wednesday too if you need to post your learning log. There is flex on Thursday so that you can go take your re tests for the plot diagram test at 11:15. Remember to read your books and have a saying/quote for Monday.

         For todays homework you can look at the sheet that Mrs. Lees gave us showing us what we do for the dialectical journals.

    

What we did in class today

 Today in class, we handed in our long overdue learning logs, watched videos about doing work for fun and doing things you enjoy, then we discussed how we can remember to do our homework and where we can find sources if we forget or need help with our homework or didn't understand the lesson.
 As we mainly talked about how to improve our homework habits, the purpose was so that everyone that's having trouble always has a source of help. This will help people get there work done most importantly but have a better understanding of what needs to be done. Hopefully making the persons work stronger.
 The 'study buddy' method is handy for all other subjects. You need to be able to find one other person in your class that you're comfortable asking questions to. It's always handy if you can't understand your teachers way of explaining things.
 Dialtectical Journals have to be finished. They were initially finished today but if you didn't finish it or forgot, you got lucky. Also, this. If you're assigned today to write, get it done.
 For the blog assignment, you're pretty much just summing up everything you did this day. Pretty simple. Dialectical journal it ranges but for my group, you're just finding a quote, comparing it to yourself or the world around you. Then you're writing down the parts of the story you didn't understand.

inspirational quote

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.” 

I chose this quote because this can rely on my/our daily life and i intend to make lots of mistake. This qoute is saying that we must learn from our mistakes and then prevent it to happen again then hope not to do to same mistake in  future. This quote also tell us that making question will put more caution to our mistake. The part were it says "...The important thing is to not stop questioning." is the part where i like it the most about this quote.

( there are many ways to use this quote)

Creativity picture post

This quote sumbolizes that creativity isn't a science. It's not a problem being solved or the answer to 2 + 2. It's simply what your mind comes up with. Unordinary things. Creations, ideas, art. It takes it's own path. The product that is make afterwards all comes from that creative part. Varies from writing a story to designing a product. Creativity controls itself.